Improvement in gaiters



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE YV. LUDLOVV, 0F ELIZABETI l, NEIN JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN GAITERS.

Specification forming' part of Letters Patent No. 38,235, dated April 21, 1863.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, GEORGE W. LUDLow, ofthe town of Elizabeth, county of Union,and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useiul Improvement in (laiterettes, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying draw ings, forming a part oi' this specification, in Which- Figure l is a side elevation of said gaiterette. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section, showing the steel spring in the heel or back.

rIlhe nature of my invention consists in constructing a gaiterette or anklet, fitting over the shoe and ankle, similar to the one shown in the figure, and inserting in the back seam a steel strip or spring, for the purpose of bracing or supporting the ankle; and, furthermore, i

for the production of a syn'inietrically-tting gaiterette (as I prefer to call it) similar to those now worn.

The philosophy, as woll as the convenience, of the back spring will appear quite obvious upon a slight explanation.

When the gaiterette is pplfid t0 the fOOt and is being laced up, th Spring gradually conforms to the heel and ankle, at the sanne time preventing the gaiterette flOlll Wrinkling and creasing in those parts contiguous to the back seam. In short,the spring acts as a support, and keeps the gaiterette always in position despite any movement of the ankle 0ceasioned by walking, &c.

In the drawings, A A are the exterior and interior parts, respectively, of said gaiterette, the exterior part being generally made of patentleather, though morocco or cali"- skin would he equally as desirable. The 1nterior part, Af, is lined with kid or any other convenient material. This gaiterette is made of two pieces or parts, (each part heilig lined,) exclusive of the shanklstrap, one part corresponding to Fig. l, the other part corresponding to Fig. 2, and is hemined together at the back, so as to allow the introduction of a spring, B, astened and secured by said hemlning, whlcV is sutiiciently shown, I think, in the drawings.

C is a shank-strap joining the lower flaps of said gaiterette.

The drawings, Fig. 1, which is supposed to go on the left foot, has on its outer side a row of buttons, b, together with a design or pat tern, c, worked or stitched upon the leather, and is intended merely to reprei ent thi gaiterette buttoned.

d d d, 85o., are eyelets running up the front, with which the gaiterette, in connection with a string, is secured to the foot.

A design of any kind almost can be worked upon the exterior of this gaiterette. 1t need not necessarily be adjacent the buttons, but may extend on the sides A A'.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The combination of the spring B with the back of said gaiterette, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

GEORGE W. LUDLOW.

Witnesses: i

L. A. ROBERTS, Trios. I. How. 

